Blues Hall of Fame

Award by Blues Foundation, since 2015 also a music museum in Memphis, Tennessee

Blues Hall of Fame Museum

The Blues Hall of Fame is a music museum operated by the Blues Foundation at 421 S. Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee. Initially, the "Blues Hall of Fame" was not a physical building, but a listing of people who have significantly contributed to blues music. Started in 1980, it honors people who have performed, recorded, or documented blues. The museum opened to the public on May 8, 2015.

## Inductees

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### Performers

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1982 tour jacket of Muddy Waters, member of the inaugural class of inductees

Autographed guitar of 1985 inductee Buddy Guy.

Elaborate, Mardi Gras themed walking stick of 2007 inductee Dr. John.

List of performers inducted  Year  | Name

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1980  | Big Bill Broonzy
Willie Dixon
John Lee Hooker
Lightnin' Hopkins
Son House
Howlin' Wolf
Elmore James
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Robert Johnson
B.B. King
Little Walter
Memphis Minnie
Muddy Waters
Charley Patton
Jimmy Reed
Bessie Smith
Otis Spann
T-Bone Walker
Sonny Boy Williamson I
Sonny Boy Williamson II
1981  | Bobby "Blue" Bland
Roy Brown
Blind Willie McTell
Professor Longhair
Tampa Red
1982  | Leroy Carr
Ray Charles
Big Walter Horton
Freddie King
Magic Sam
1983  | Louis Jordan
Albert King
Robert Nighthawk
Ma Rainey
Big Joe Turner
1984  | Otis Rush
Hound Dog Taylor
Big Mama Thornton
1985  | Chuck Berry
Buddy Guy
J. B. Hutto
Slim Harpo
1986  | Albert Collins
Tommy Johnson
Lead Belly
1987  | Percy Mayfield
Eddie Taylor
Sonny Terry
1988  | Mississippi John Hurt
Little Milton
Jay McShann
Johnny Winter
1989  | Clifton Chenier
Robert Lockwood Jr.
Memphis Slim
1990  | Blind Blake
Lonnie Johnson
Bukka White
1991  | Sleepy John Estes
Billie Holiday
Mississippi Fred McDowell
Sunnyland Slim
1992  | Skip James
Johnny Shines
Big Joe Williams
1993  | Champion Jack Dupree
Lowell Fulson
1994  | Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
Wynonie Harris
1995  | Jimmy Rogers
1996  | Charles Brown
David "Honeyboy" Edwards
1997  | Brownie McGhee
Koko Taylor
1998  | Luther Allison
Junior Wells
1999  | Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
Roosevelt Sykes
2000  | Johnny Otis
Stevie Ray Vaughan
2001  | Etta James
Little Junior Parker
Rufus Thomas
2002  | Ruth Brown
Big Maceo Merriweather
2003  | Fats Domino
Pinetop Perkins
Sippie Wallace
Dinah Washington
2004  | Bo Diddley
Blind Boy Fuller
2005  | Walter Davis
Ike Turner
2006  | Paul Butterfield
James Cotton
Roy Milton
Bobby Rush
2007  | Dave Bartholomew
Dr. John
Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
2008  | Jimmy McCracklin
Mississippi Sheiks
Hubert Sumlin
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Peetie Wheatstraw
Jimmy Witherspoon
2009  | Reverend Gary Davis
Son Seals
Taj Mahal
Irma Thomas
2010  | Lonnie Brooks
Gus Cannon
W. C. Handy
Amos Milburn
Charlie Musselwhite
Bonnie Raitt
2011  | Big Maybelle
Robert Cray
John P. Hammond
Alberta Hunter
Denise LaSalle
J. B. Lenoir
2012  | Billy Boy Arnold
Mike Bloomfield
Buddy & Ella Johnson
Lazy Lester
Furry Lewis
Matt "Guitar" Murphy
Frank Stokes
Allen Toussaint
2013  | Otis Clay
Earl Hooker
Little Brother Montgomery
Jimmie Rodgers
Jody Williams
Joe Louis Walker
2014  | Big Jay McNeely
Eddie Shaw
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
R. L. Burnside
Robert Pete Williams
2015  | Eric Clapton
Little Richard
Tommy Brown
2016  | Elvin Bishop
Eddy Clearwater
Jimmy Johnson
John Mayall
The Memphis Jug Band
2017  | Johnny Copeland
Henry Gray
Willie Johnson
Latimore
Magic Slim
Mavis Staples
2018  | The Aces
Georgia Tom Dorsey
Sam Lay
Mamie Smith
Roebuck "Pops" Staples
2019  | Count Basie
Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Ida Cox
Pee Wee Crayton
Aretha Franklin
2020–2021  | Eddie Boyd
Victoria Spivey
Billy Branch
Bettye LaVette
Syl Johnson
George "Harmonica" Smith
2022[1] | Lucille Bogan
Little Willie John
Johnnie Taylor
2023[2][3][4] | Carey Bell
Junior Kimbrough
Esther Phillips
John Primer
Snooky Pryor
Fenton Robinson
Josh White
2024[5][6][7] | Sugar Pie DeSanto
Lurrie Bell
Odetta
Jimmy Rushing
Scrapper Blackwell
O. V. Wright
Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials
2025[8] | Bob Stroger
William Bell
Blind Willie Johnson
Henry Townshend
Jessie Mae Hemphill

### Non performers

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List of non performers inducted  Year  | Name

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1991  | Leonard Chess
1994  | Bill "Hoss" Allen
John Lomax
Alan Lomax
John Richbourg
Gene Nobles
1995  | Phil Chess
1996  | Bob Koester
Pete Welding
1997  | Bruce Iglauer
1998  | Lillian McMurry
Sam Phillips
1999  | Lester Melrose
Chris Strachwitz
2000  | Dick Waterman
2001  | Theresa Needham
Robert Palmer
2002  | Jim O'Neal
2003  | Ralph Bass
2004  | J. Mayo Williams
2005  | H. C. Speir
2006  | Bihari brothers
Bobby Robinson
Jerry Wexler
2007  | Ahmet Ertegun
Art Rupe
2008  | John Hammond
Paul Oliver
2009  | Clifford Antone
Mike Leadbitter
Bob Porter
2010  | Peter Guralnick
"Sunshine" Sonny Payne
2011  | Bruce Bromberg
Vivian Carter & James Bracken
Samuel Charters
John Wesley Work III
2012  | Horst Lippmann & Fritz Rau
Doc Pomus
Pervis Spann
2013  | Cosimo Matassa
Dave Clark
Henry Glover
2014  | Mike Kappus
Don Robey
Dick Shurman
2016  | Tommy Couch Sr. and Wolf Stephenson
2017  | Amy van Singel
2018  | Al Benson
2019  | Moe Asch
2020  | Ralph Peer
2022[1] | Mary Katherine Aldin
Otis Blackwell
2023[2][4] | David Evans
2024  | William R. Ferris
2025  | Bob Geddins

### Literature

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List of books/magazines inducted  Year  | Book/magazine  | Author(s)  | Years published

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1982  | Living Blues |  | 1970–present
Blues and Gospel Records 1902–1942 | Robert M.W. Dixon and John Godrich  | 1964–1997
Blues Unlimited |  | 1963–1987
1983  | Blues Who’s Who: A Biographical Dictionary of Blues Singers | Sheldon Harris | 1979
1985  | Blues Records 1943–1966 | Mike Leadbitter and Neil Slaven  | 1968
1986  | Chicago Breakdown (Chicago Blues) | Mike Rowe  | 1973–1981
1987  | The Story of the Blues | Paul Oliver | 1969
1988  | Blues Fell This Morning: Meaning in the Blues | Paul Oliver | 1960
1989  | Feel Like Going Home | Peter Guralnick | 1971
1990  | Big Bill Blues: William Broonzy’s Story as told to Yannick Bruynoghe [de] | Big Bill Broonzy | 1955
1991  | The Country Blues | Samuel Charters | 1959
Big Road Blues | David Evans | 1982
1992  | I Am the Blues: The Willie Dixon Story | Willie Dixon, Don Snowden  | 1989
1993  | Urban Blues | Charles Keil  | 1966
1994  | Nothing But the Blues: The Music and the Musicians | Lawrence Cohn | 1993
1995  | Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom | Peter Guralnick | 1986
Searching for Robert Johnson: The Life and Legend of the ‘King of the Delta Blues' | Peter Guralnick | 1989
1996  | The Land Where the Blues Began | Alan Lomax | 1993
1997  | Honkers and Shouters: The Golden Years of Rhythm & Blues | Arnold Shaw (author) | 1978
1998  | Blues from the Delta | William Ferris | 1970
1999  | The World Don't Owe Me Nothing | David "Honeyboy" Edwards | 1997
2000  | The Country Blues | Samuel Charters | 1959
2001  | Stormy Monday: The T-Bone Walker Story | Helen Oakley Dance | 1987
2002  | Spinning Blues Into Gold: The Chess Brothers and the Legendary Chess Records | Nadine Cohodas  | 2000
2003  | Can't Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters | Robert Gordon | 2002
2004  | Juke Blues magazine  |  | 1985–present
2005  | Blues People: Negro Music in White America | Amiri Baraka | 1963
2006  | Blues & Rhythm magazine  |  | 1984–present
Chasin' That Devil's Music | Gayle Dean Wardlow | 1998
2007  | Blues with a Feeling: The Little Walter Story | Tony Glover, Scott Dirks & Ward Gaines  | 2002
2008  | Moanin' at Midnight: The Life and Times of Howlin' Wolf | James Segrest & Mark Hoffman  | 2004
2011  | Walking to New Orleans: The Story of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues | John Broven | 1978
2012  | The Voice of the Blues | Jim O'Neal | 2002
2013  | Soulsville, U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records | Rob Bowman | 2003
2014  | Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke | Peter Guralnick | 2005
2016  | Early Downhome Blues: A Musical and Cultural Analysis | Jeff Todd Titon | 1977
2017  | Father of the Blues | W.C. Handy | 1941
2018  | I Feel So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy | Bob Reisman  | 2011
2019  | Lost Delta Found: Rediscovering the Fisk University - Library of Congress Coahoma County Study, 1941–1942  | John Wesley Work III | 2005
2020  | Earl Hooker, Blues Master | Sebastian Danchin  | 2001
2022[1] | Red River Blues: The Blues Tradition in the Southeast | Bruce Bastin | 1986
2023[2][4] | The Original Blues: The Emergence of the Blues in African American Vaudeville 1899-1926 | Lynn Abbott & Doug Seroff  | 2017
2024  | Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday | Angela Davis | 1998
2025  | Woman With Guitar: Memphis Minnie's Blues | Beth and Paul Garon | 1998

### Albums

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List of albums inducted  Year  | Artist  | Title  | Record label  | Release year  | Album type  | Notes

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1982  | Robert Johnson | King of the Delta Blues Singers | Columbia Records | 1961  | Compilation |
1983  | B.B. King | Live at the Regal | ABC-Paramount Records | 1965  | Live |
Muddy Waters | McKinley Morganfield A.K.A. Muddy Waters | Chess Records | 1971  | Compilation |
The Best of Muddy Waters | Chess Records | 1958  | Greatest Hits |
Charley Patton | Founder of the Delta Blues | Yazoo Records | 1970  | Compilation |
Robert Johnson | King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. II | Columbia Records | 1970  | Compilation |
1984  | Magic Sam | West Side Soul | Delmark Records | 1968  | Studio |
Little Walter | Boss Blues Harmonica | Chess Records | 1972  | Compilation |
Junior Wells | Hoodoo Man Blues | Delmark Records | 1965  | Studio |
1985  | Howlin Wolf | Chester Burnett A.K.A. Howlin' Wolf | Chess Records | 1972  | Compilation |
Howlin Wolf | Chess Records | 1962  | Compilation |
Albert King | Born Under a Bad Sign | Stax Records | 1967  | Compilation |
1986  | Albert Collins | Ice Pickin | Alligator Records | 1978  | Studio |
Willie Dixon | I Am the Blues | Columbia Records | 1970  | Studio |
Albert King | Live Wire/Blues Power | Stax Records | 1968  | Live |
1987  | Freddie King | Hide Away | King Records | 1969  | Compilation |
Bobby "Blue" Bland | Two Steps from the Blues | Duke Records | 1961  | Compilation |
Leroy Carr | Blues Before Sunrise | Columbia Records | 1962  | Compilation |
1988  | Muddy Waters | Down on Stovall’s Plantation | Testament Records | 1966  | Compilation |
The Chess Box | P-Vine Records | 1985  | Greatest Hits |
Elmore James  | The Original Flair & Meteor Sides | Ace Records | 1984  | Greatest Hits |
1989  | Otis Rush | Right Place, Wrong Time | Bullfrog Records  | 1976  | Studio |
Bessie Smith | The World’s Greatest Blues Singer | Columbia Records | 1970  | Compilation |
Albert Collins, Robert Cray & Johnny Copeland | Showdown! | Alligator Records | 1985  | Studio |
Robert Nighthawk | Live on Maxwell Street 1964 | Rounder Records | 1980  | Live |
1990  | Skip James | The Complete 1931 Session | Yazoo Records | 1986  | Compilation |
Willie Dixon | The Chess Box | MCA Chess Records | 1989  | Greatest Hits |
Magic Sam Blues Band | Black Magic | Delmark Records | 1969  | Studio  |
1991  | Muddy Waters | Can't Get No Grindin' | Chess Records | 1973  | Studio | The only Muddy Waters album in the Hall of Fame that was recorded as an album
Various Artists | Chicago/The Blues/Today! | Vanguard Records | 1966  | Compilation |
Little Walter | The Best of Little Walter | Checker Records | 1958  | Greatest Hits |
1992  | Bukka White | Parchman Farm | Columbia Records | 1970  | Compilation |
Robert Johnson | The Complete Recordings | Columbia/Legacy Records | 1990  | Greatest Hits |
Champion Jack Dupree | Blues from the Gutter | Atlantic Records | 1958  | Studio |
Son House | Father of the Folk Blues | Columbia Records | 1965  | Compilation |
1993  | Jimmy Rogers | Chicago Bound | Chess Records | 1970  | Compilation |
1994  | T-Bone Walker | The Complete Recordings of T-Bone Walker 1940–1954 | Mosaic Records | 1990  | Greatest Hits |
1995  | Otis Spann | Otis Spann Is the Blues | Candid Records | 1961  | Studio |
Big Joe Turner | The Boss of the Blues | Atlantic Records | 1956  | Studio | The oldest album on the list
1996  | Hound Dog Taylor & the Houserockers | Hound Dog Taylor & the Houserockers | Alligator Records | 1971  | Studio |
1997  | Paul Butterfield Blues Band | Paul Butterfield Blues Band | Elektra Records | 1965  | Studio |
1998  | Albert King | I’ll Play the Blues for You | Stax Records | 1972  | Studio |
1999  | Junior Wells | Blues Hit Big Town | Delmark Records | 1977  | Compilation |
2000  | Mississippi Fred McDowell | Mississippi Delta Blues | Arhoolie Records | 1964  | Compilation |
2001  | Muddy Waters | The Complete Plantation Recordings | MCA Chess Records | 1993  | Compilation |
2002  | B.B. King | Live in Cook County Jail | ABC Records | 1971  | Live |
2003  | Junior Wells | It's My Life Baby! | Vanguard Records | 1966  | Studio |
2005  | Z. Z. Hill | Down Home | Malaco Records | 1982  | Studio |
2006  | Charley Patton | Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton | Revenant Records | 2001  | Greatest Hits | The latest album on the list
Mississippi Fred McDowell | I Do Not Play No Rock 'n' Roll | Capitol Records | 1970  | Studio | McDowell's first album that featured electric guitar
Etta James | Tell Mama | Cadet Records | 1968  | Studio |
2007  | Junior Parker | Driving Wheel | Duke Records | 1962  | Studio |
Sonny Boy Williamson II | Down and Out Blues | Checker Records | 1960  | Compilation |
Robert Pete Williams & others  | Angola Prisoners' Blues | Louisiana Folklore Society

Arhoolie Records

| 1959  | Studio |
2008  | Bobby Bland | Members Only | Malaco Records | 1985  | Studio |
Big Joe Williams | Piney Woods Blues | Delmark Records | 1958  | Compilation |
Etta James | Etta James Rocks the House | Argo Records | 1964  | Live |
Jimmy Reed | I'm Jimmy Reed | Vee-Jay Records | 1958  | Studio |
Freddie King | Freddy King Sings | King Records | 1961  | Studio |
2009  | Various Artists | Blues with a Feeling | Vanguard Records | 1993  | Live | Recorded at the Newport Folk Festival in 1963, 1964, 1965, and 1968
Alberta Hunter | Amtrak Blues | Columbia Records | 1978  | Studio |
T-Bone Walker | T-Bone Blues | Atlantic Records | 1959  | Studio |
2010  | Robert Cray | Strong Persuader | Mercury Records | 1986  | Studio |
Fenton Robinson | I Hear Some Blues Downstairs | Alligator Records | 1977  | Studio |
Lowell Fulson | Hung Down Head | Chess Records | 1970  | Compilation |
2011  | Sam Cooke | Night Beat | RCA Victor | 1963  | Studio |
Robert Cray | False Accusations | HighTone Records | 1985  | Studio |
Howlin' Wolf | The Real Folk Blues | Chess Records | 1965  | Compilation |
2012  | Buddy Guy | Damn Right, I've Got the Blues | Silvertone Records | 1991  | Studio |
The Robert Cray Band | Bad Influence | HighTone Records | 1983  | Studio |
2013  | Howlin' Wolf | More Real Folk Blues | Chess Records | 1967  | Compilation |
Louis Jordan | Louis Jordan’s Greatest Hits | Decca Records | 1969  | Greatest Hits |
Henry Thomas | Complete Recorded Works/Texas Worried Blues | Herwin Records

Yazoo Records

| 1975/1989  | Greatest Hits |
2014  | Howlin' Wolf | Moanin’ in the Moonlight | Chess Records | 1959  | Compilation |
J.B. Hutto | Hawk Squat | Delmark Records | 1969  | Studio |
2016  | Alan Lomax | Blues in the Mississippi Night | Nixa Records

United Artists Records

| 1957/1959  | Studio |
2017  | John Lee Hooker | Real Folk Blues | Chess Records | 1966  | Studio |
2018  | B.B. King | Blues Is King | BluesWay Records | 1967  | Live
2019  | Elmore James | The Sky Is Crying | Sphere Sound Records | 1965  |
2020  | Howlin' Wolf | The Chess Box | Chess Records | 1991  | Compilation |
2022[1] | Bo Diddley | Bo Diddley | Chess Records | 1958  | Studio |
2023[2][4] | Little Walter | The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967) | Hip-O Select | 2009  | Compilation |
2024  | Bobby Bland | Here's the Man! | Duke Records | 1962  | Studio
2025  | Lightnin' Hopkins | Gold Star Sessions | Arhoolie Records | 1990-91  | Compilation

### Singles/album tracks

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List of singles/album tracks inducted  Year  | Artist  | Title  | Record label  | Release year  | Notes

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1983  | Big Maceo | "Worried Life Blues"  | Bluebird Records | 1941  |
Elmore James | "Dust My Broom"  | Trumpet Records | 1951  |
Robert Johnson | "Sweet Home Chicago"  | Vocalion | 1936  |
"Hellhound on My Trail"  | Vocalion | 1937  |
T-Bone Walker | "Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)"  | Black & White Records | 1947  |
1984  | Muddy Waters | "Got My Mojo Working"  | Chess Records | 1960  | From At Newport 1960
"Hoochie Coochie Man"  | Chess Records | 1954  |
Guitar Slim | "The Things That I Used to Do"  | Specialty Records | 1953  |
1985  | John Lee Hooker | "Boogie Chillen'"  | Modern Records | 1948  |
B.B. King | "The Thrill Is Gone"  | ABC Bluesway Records | 1969  | Peaked at #15 on the Billboard Hot 100
Howlin Wolf | "Smoke Stack Lightning"  | Chess Records | 1956  |
1986  | Robert Johnson | "Cross Road Blues"  | Vocalion | 1936  |
Little Walter | "Juke"  | Checker Records | 1952  | Harmonica instrumental
Muddy Waters | "Manish Boy"  | Chess Records | 1955  |
1987  | Tommy Johnson | "Big Road Blues"  | Victor Records | 1928  |
Sonny Boy Williamson II | "Help Me"  | Checker Records | 1963  |
Percy Mayfield | "Please Send Me Someone to Love"  | Specialty Records | 1950  |
1988  | Leroy Carr | "How Long, How Long Blues"  | Vocalion Records | 1928  |
Charley Patton | "Pony Blues"  | Paramount Records | 1929  |
Albert King | "Born Under a Bad Sign"  | Stax Records | 1967  |
1989  | Robert Johnson | "Come On in My Kitchen"  | Vocalion | 1936  |
Muddy Waters | "Long Distance Call"  | Chess Records | 1951  |
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers | "Driftin' Blues"  | Philo Records | 1945  |
1990  | Robert Johnson | "Terraplane Blues"  | Vocalion | 1936  |
Sonny Boy Williamson I | "Good Morning, School Girl"  | Bluebird Records | 1937  |
Jimmy Reed | "Big Boss Man"  | Vee-Jay Records | 1960  |
1991  | Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats | Rocket 88 | Chess Records | 1951  |
Sonny Boy Williamson II | "Nine Below Zero"  | Trumpet Records | 1951  |
Elmore James | "The Sky Is Crying"  | Fire Records | 1959  |
Howlin Wolf | "Killing Floor"  | Chess Records | 1964  |
1992  | Blind Willie McTell | "Statesboro Blues"  | Victor Records | 1928  | Popularized by the Allman Brothers Band in 1971
Big Joe Williams | "Baby, Please Don't Go"  | Bluebird Records | 1935  |
1993  | Lowell Fulson | "Reconsider Baby"  | Checker Records | 1954  |
1994  | Larry Davis | "Texas Flood"  | Duke Records | 1958  | Popularized by Stevie Ray Vaughan in 1983
Otis Rush | "I Can't Quit You Baby"  | Cobra Records | 1956  |
1995  | Koko Taylor | "Wang Dang Doodle"  | Checker Records | 1965  | First recorded by Howlin' Wolf in 1960
1996  | Sonny Boy Williamson II | "Don't Start Me Talkin'"  | Checker Records | 1955  |
1997  | Slim Harpo | "Baby Scratch My Back"  | Excello Records | 1965  |
1998  | Junior Wells | "Messin' with the Kid"  | Chief Records | 1960  |
1999  | Blind Willie Johnson | "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground"  | Columbia Records | 1927  | Solo slide guitar instrumental
2000  | Z.Z. Hill | "Down Home Blues"  | Malaco Records | 1982  | The latest song on the list
2001  | Big Joe Turner | "Shake, Rattle and Roll"  | Atlantic Records | 1954  |
2002  | St. Louis Jimmy Oden | "Goin' Down Slow"  | Bluebird Records | 1941  |
2003  | Little Johnny Taylor | "Part Time Love"  | Galaxy Records | 1964  |
2004  | Jimmy Reed | "Baby What You Want Me to Do"  | Vee-Jay Records | 1959  |
Slim Harpo | "Rainin in my Heart"  | Excello Records | 1961  |
2005  | Charles Brown | "Black Night"  | Aladdin Records | 1951  |
2006  | Bill Doggett | "Honky Tonk, Parts 1 & 2"  | King Records (United States) | 1956  | Instrumental
Skip James | "Devil Got My Woman"  | Paramount Records | 1931  |
Big Mama Thornton | "Hound Dog"  | Peacock Records | 1952  | Popularized by Elvis Presley in 1956
2007  | Son House | "Death Letter"  | Columbia Records | 1965  |
Freddie King | "Hide Away"  | Federal Records | 1961  | Electric guitar instrumental
Robert Nighthawk | "Black Angel Blues"  | Aristocrat Records | 1949  | First recorded by Lucille Bogan in 1930
2008  | Otis Rush  | "Double Trouble"  | Cobra Records | 1958  | Stevie Ray Vaughan's band name was inspired by the song.
Little Walter | "My Babe"  | Checker Records | 1955  |
Bessie Smith | "Backwater Blues"  | Columbia Records | 1927  |
2009  | Louis Jordan | "Caldonia"  | Decca Records | 1945  |
Mississippi Sheiks | "Sitting on Top of the World"  | Okeh Records | 1930  |
John Lee Hooker | "Boom Boom"  | Vee-Jay Records | 1961  |
2010  | Howlin' Wolf | "Spoonful"  | Chess Records | 1960  |
Little Willie John | "Fever"  | King Records | 1956  |
Otis Rush | "All Your Love (I Miss Loving)"  | Cobra Records | 1958  |
Blind Lemon Jefferson | "Match Box Blues"  | Paramount Records | 1927  |
Big Bill Broonzy | "Key to the Highway"  | Okeh Records | 1941  |
2011  | Eddie Boyd | "Five Long Years"  | J.O.B. Records | 1952  |
Skip James | "Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues"  | Paramount Records | 1931  |
Robert Johnson | "Love in Vain"  | Vocalion Records | 1937  |
Jimmy Witherspoon | "Ain't Nobody's Business"  | Supreme | 1947  | First recorded by Anna Meyers in 1922
2012  | Tampa Red | "It Hurts Me Too"  | Bluebird Records | 1940  |
Magic Sam | "All Your Love"  | Cobra Records | 1957  |
Pine Top Smith | "Pine Top's Boogie Woogie"  | Vocalion Records | 1928  |
2013  | Howlin' Wolf | "How Many More Years"  | Chess Records | 1951  |
Louis Jordan | "Let the Good Times Roll"  | Decca Records | 1946  |
Tommy Johnson | "Canned Heat Blues"  | Victor Records | 1928  | Blues rock group Canned Heat took their name from the song
Memphis Minnie | "Me and My Chauffeur Blues"  | Okeh Records | 1941  |
2014  | Tampa Red & Georgia Tom | "It's Tight Like That"  | Vocalion | 1928  |
Kokomo Arnold | "Milk Cow Blues"  | Decca Records | 1934  |
Charley Patton | "High Water Everywhere, Parts I & II"  | Paramount Records | 1930  |
Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra | "After Hours"  | Bluebird Records | 1940  |
Robert Petway | "Catfish Blues"  | Bluebird Records | 1941  |
2016  | Mamie Smith | "Crazy Blues"  | Okeh Records | 1920  | The oldest song on the list
Jimmy Rogers | "That's All Right"  | Chess Records | 1950  |
Billy Boy Arnold | "I Wish You Would"  | Vee-Jay Records | 1955  |
Johnny Moore's Three Blazers | "Merry Christmas Baby"  | Exclusive Records | 1947  | The first Christmas song in the Hall of Fame
Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell | "Blues Before Sunrise"  | Vocalion | 1934  |
2017  | Bo Diddley | "Bo Diddley"  | Checker Records | 1955  | First Bo Diddley song to use the Bo Diddley beat
Tommy Tucker | "Hi-Heel Sneakers"  | Chess Records | 1963  |
Howlin' Wolf | "I Ain't Superstitious"  | Chess Records | 1961  |
Albert King | "I'll Play the Blues For You"  | Stax Records | 1971  |
Son House | "Preachin' the Blues"  | Paramount Records | 1930  |
2018  | Albert King | "Cross Cut Saw"  | Stax Records | 1966  | First recorded by Tommy McClennan in 1941
Booker T. & the M.G.'s | "Green Onions"  | Stax Records | 1962  | Instrumental
Bo Diddley | "I'm a Man"  | Checker Records | 1955  |
Big Joe Turner | "Roll 'Em Pete"  | Vocalion | 1938  |
Ma Rainey | "See See Rider Blues"  | Paramount Records | 1924  |
2019  | Ray Charles | "I Got a Woman"  | Atlantic Records | 1954  |
B.B. King | "Every Day I Have the Blues"  | RPM | 1954  |
Muddy Waters | "Rollin' Stone"  | Chess Records | 1950  |
Elmore James | "Shake Your Moneymaker"  | Fire Records | 1961  |
Bessie Smith | "The St. Louis Blues"  | Columbia Records | 1925  | One of the first blues songs to succeed as a pop song
2020  | Arthur Crudup | "That's All Right"  | RCA Victor | 1946  |
Ruth Brown | "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean"  | Atlantic Records | 1952  |
Bertha Hill | "Trouble in Mind"  | Okeh Records | 1926  |
Willie Brown | "Future Blues"  | Paramount Records | 1930  |
B.B. King | "3 O'Clock Blues"  | RPM | 1951  |
2022[1] | Sonny Boy Williamson II | "Eyesight to the Blind"  | Trumpet Records | 1951  | Popularized by The Who in 1969
Bobby "Blue" Bland | "Farther Up the Road"  | Duke Records | 1957  | Peaked at #43 on the Billboard Chart
Roy Brown | "Good Rocking Tonight"  | De Luxe | 1947  |
B.B. King | "Rock Me Baby"  | Kent Records | 1964  | Peaked at #34 on the Billboard Hot 100
Baby Face Leroy Trio | "Rollin' and Tumblin'"  | Parkway Records  | 1950  |
2023[2][4] | Lowell Fulson | "Black Nights"  | Kent Records | 1965  |
Freddy King | "I'm Tore Down"  | Federal Records | 1961  |
Lightnin' Hopkins | "Mojo Hand"  | Fire Records | 1960  |
Son House | "My Black Mama"  | Paramount Records | 1930  |
Howlin' Wolf | "The Red Rooster" (Little Red Rooster)  | Chess Records | 1961  |
2024  | Junior Parker | "Driving Wheel"  | Duke Records | 1961  |
Billy Boy Arnold | "I Ain't Got You"  | Vee-Jay Records | 1955  |
Jazz Gillum | "Key to the Highway"  | Bluebird Records | 1940  |
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown | "Okie Dokie Stomp"  | Peacock Records | 1954  |
Lil Green | "Why Don't You Do Right?"  | Bluebird Records | 1941  |
2025  | Bessie Smith | "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out"  | Columbia Records | 1923  |
Sylvester Weaver | "Guitar Rag"  | Okeh Records | 1923  |
Irma Thomas | "Don't Mess with My Man"  | Ron Records | 1959  |
B.B. King | "Why I Sing the Blues"  | BluesWay Records | 1969  |
Blind Lemon Jefferson | "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean"  | Paramount Records | 1927  |

## Sources

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* "Award Winners and Nominees". Blues Foundation. Retrieved November 16, 2021: Select "Blues Hall of Fame" & "Search" for a complete list or add year and/or category for a partial list`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e Grein, Paul (2022-03-17). "Johnnie Taylor, Otis Blackwell & More Are 2022 Blues Hall of Fame Inductees". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
2. ^ a b c d e Grein, Paul (2023-03-15). "Esther Phillips, Josh White & More to Be Inducted into Blues Hall of Fame: Full List of 2023 Inductees". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
3. ^ "John Primer, Carey Bell, Snooky Pryor, Fenton Robinson among Blues Hall of Fame inductees". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
4. ^ a b c d e Ehrenclou, Martine (2023-03-15). "Blues Hall of Fame 2023 Inductees Announced". ROCK AND BLUES MUSE. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
5. ^ Mehr, Bob (2024-01-17). "O.V. Wright, William Ferris among Blues Hall of Fame's 2024 inductees". Commercial Appeal Memphis. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
6. ^ "O.V. Wright, William Ferris among Blues Hall of Fame's 2024 inductees". www.gratefulweb.com. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
7. ^ Deutsch, Doug (2024-01-09). "The Blues Hall Of Fame Class Of 2024". BLUES FOUNDATION. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
8. ^ Ehrenclou, Martine (10 February 2025). "2025 Blues Hall of Fame Inductees Announced". Rock and Blues Muse. Retrieved 16 February 2025.

## External links

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* Blues Foundation official website

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